Mapping History: Sixtieth Anniversary of Brown versus the
Board of Education
The landmark United States
Supreme Court decision, Brown versus the
Board of Education, was handed down on May 17, 1954. The decision overturned the Plessy versus Ferguson decision which
allowed state-sponsored segregation as “separate but equal.”
The map above from the United States History Atlas (click to
enlarge) is currently exhibited in and available from the Ball State University
Libraries’ GIS Research and Map Collection (GRMC). The map identifies state segregation policies
as they existed in 1954 at the time of the ruling. The Brown
decision allowed for integration and declared separate public schools for
students as unconstitutional, an important event in the civil rights movement.
For more information about
maps depicting historic events, please contact the GRMC at 765-285-1097.
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